Libya Fight Photos 2

A Libyan rebel fighter covers his his nose with a scarf from the smell of
rotting corpses, many with bound wrists in the neighborhood of Abu Salim,
Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. One thousand rebels bombarded buildings
filled with regime fighters hiding amid civilians in a ferocious battle Thursday
for Moammar Gadhafi's last major stronghold in the capital Tripoli.

Rebel fighters prepare to return fire, as an intense gunbattle erupted outside
the Corinthia Hotel, where many foreign journalists are staying, in Tripoli,
LIbya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. Libya's rebel leadership has offered a 2
million dollar bounty on Gadhafi's head, but the autocrat has refused to
surrender as his 42-year regime crumbles, fleeing to an unknown destination.

A rebel fighter opens fire as an intense gun battle erupted outside the Corinthia
hotel, where many foreign journalists are staying, in Tripoli, LIbya, Thursday,
Aug. 25, 2011. Libya's rebel leadership has offered a 2 million dollar bounty
on Gadhafi's head, but the autocrat has refused to surrender as his 42-year
regime crumbles, fleeing to an unknown destination.

Libyan rebels run for cover during fighting in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday,
Aug. 25, 2011. Intense battles raged Thursday between about 1,000 rebels
surrounding 10 buildings filled with Moammar Gadhafi loyalists in the
neighborhood next to the Libyan leader's captured compound. Gadhafi, in a
new audio message, called on Libyans to destroy the rebels. (AP Photo)

Libyan rebels gesture in Abu Salim district in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday,
Aug. 25, 2011. An intense battle has erupted between about 1,000 rebels
surrounding two buildings filled with Moammar Gadhafi loyalists in the
neighborhood next to the Libyan leader's captured compound. (Francois Mori)

Libyan rebel takes a rest on the shadow in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Aug.
25, 2011. An intense battle has erupted between about 1,000 rebels surrounding
two buildings filled with Moammar Gadhafi loyalists in the neighborhood next
to the Libyan leader's captured compound. On car text reads " The brigade
of the Martyrs Ali Al-Obeidi". (Francois Mori)

Libya's rebel flag is displayed on a burned car on a check point in Tripoli,
Libya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. Libya's rebel leadership has offered a 2
million dollar bounty on Gadhafi's head, but the autocrat has refused to
surrender as his 42-year regime crumbles, fleeing to an unknown destination.
Speaking to a local television channel Wednesday, apparently by phone, Gadhafi
vowed from hiding to fight on "until victory or martyrdom." (Francois Mori)

Telephones are seen inside a bunker in Moammar Gadhafi's main compound in
Bab al-Aziziya in Tripoli, LIbya, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. NATO intelligence
and reconnaissance assets are being used in the hunt to track down Moammar
Gadhafi, the elusive Libyan dictator. The rebel leadership has offered a
$2 million bounty on Gadhafi's head, but the autocrat has refused to surrender
as his 42-year regime crumbles in the North African nation, fleeing to an
unknown destination. (Sergey Ponomarev)

Rebel fighters seen inside the main Moammar Gadhafi compound in Bab al-Aziziya
in Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. A defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed
Wednesday to fight on "until victory or martyrdom," as rebel fighters tried
to end scattered attacks by regime loyalists in the nervous capital. Writing
in Arabic on wall: 'Allah is Great'. (Sergey Ponomarev)

Rebel fighters seen at a checkpoint in downtown Tripoli, Libya, Wednesday,
Aug. 24, 2011. Libyans hunting Moammar Gadhafi offered a $2 million bounty
on the fallen dictator's head and amnesty for anyone who kills or captures
him as rebels battled Wednesday to clear the last pockets of resistance from
the capital Tripoli. (Giulio Petrocco)

Libyan rebels patrol to try to find any of Moammar Gadhafi's relatives as
they heard rumors that one of his sons was hiding inside a building, in Tripoli,
Libya, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. (Francois Mori)

A rebel fighter walk inside the house of Al-Saadi Gadhafi the son of Libyan
dictator Moammar Gadhafi in Tripoli, LIbya, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. (Sergey
Ponomarev)